| John Wallace |
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 | Class:
Senior
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| Hometown:
Reno, Nev.
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| High School:
Reno
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| Height / Weight:
6-0 / 200
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| Position:
OF
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| Experience:
3L
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| Bats/Throws:
L/R
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2009 John Wallace Photo Gallery
2008 Summer
Played in 28 games for Corvallis of the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League, posting 23 starts ... Batted .194 with four doubles and a triple and drove in 11.
2008 (Junior)
Played in 46 games, starting 32 ... Of the 32 starts, 30 came in left field and two in right field ... Hit .326 with five doubles, two triples and three home runs ... Drove in 20 ... In 22 Pac-10 games, started 15, and batted .333 with three doubles and eight RBI ... Had three hit streaks of four games or more, including a season-high five-gamer from March 25 through April 4 in which he was 8-for-17 (.471) with three games with two hits ... Finished the season with 10 multiple-hit and four multiple-RBU games ... Drove in two and was 1-for-4 in the second game of the series against Pacific (5/24) ... Set a season-high with three runs scored after going 1-for-4 with an RBI in the series opener against Pacific (5/23) ... Finished with three hits in four at bats against USC for his 10th multi-hit game of the season (5/17) ... Extended his hit streak to three games by going 1-for-5 with two runs against Utah Valley (5/12) ... Was 2-for-6 with two runs and an RBI in the series finale against Washington State (5/5) ... Came in as a pinch hitter and drove in two runs on a single against Gonzaga (4/29) ... Drove in the game-winning run with a single up the middle in the ninth against Arizona State (4/18) ... Extended his hit streak to three games by going 1-for-4 with an RBI and run scored against Stanford (4/12) ... Drove in the game-winning run with a single to the right center gap in the 10th and ended the night 3-for-5 with two runs and a walk against Stanford (4/11) ... Finished 2-for-3, with a run scored, RBI, double and two walks in the series finale victory over California (4/6) ... Moved his hit streak to five games by going 1-for-4 with a run against California (4/4) ... Extended his hit streak to four games with a 2-for-4 effort, scoring a run while pounding out a double and two walks against Portland (3/31) ... Went 2-for-4 to extend his hit streak to three games in the series finale against Washington (3/30) ... Scored both of OSU's runs in a 2-1 10-inning victory over Washington in the second game of a doubleheader (3/29) ... Pushed his hit streak to five games with a 1-for-5 effort against San Diego State (3/10) ... Extended his hit streak to three games by going 1-for-4 against San Diego (3/8) ... Went 1-for-3, hitting his second home run of the season in the sixth against Portland (3/4) ... Hit his first home run, a two-run shot, in the fourth inning and was 2-for-3 against Georgia (3/1) ... Was 3-for-4 with a double against Georgia (2/29) ... Drove in a run and collected two hits, including a triple, against Miami (Ohio) ... Appeared as a pinch hitter against Vanderbilt (2/22).
2007 (Sophomore)
His second season at OSU ... Pacific-10 All-Academic honorable mention ... had a hit in 26 of 49 games batted; had a RBI in 19 of 49 games batted ... Jun. 24 vs. North Carolina, 3-for-4, 1 triple, 1 RBI, 2 runs, 1 stolen base ... Jun. 20 vs. UC-Irvine, 1-for-4, 1 triple, 1 RBI ... Jun. 4 at Virginia, singled home go-ahead run as OSU won to force winner-take-all game at NCAA Charlottesville Regional ... Jun. 1 vs. Rutgers, 2-run double ... May 5 vs. Washington, 2-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 run ... Apr. 14 vs. California, pinch-hit single ... Apr. 5 vs. Southern California, 2-for-4, 1 double, 2 RBI, 2 runs ... Apr. 1 at Arizona, off bench, 1-for-1, 1 RBI, 1 run ... Mar. 17 vs. San Francisco, 2-for-3, first career homer, 3 RBI ... Mar. 8 vs. Evansville, 1-for-3, 1 double, 2 RBI, 1 run ... Mar. 3 vs. New Mexico, 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 run ... Feb. 25 at Sacramento State, 1-for-1, 1 RBI ... Feb. 17 vs. Arizona State, 1-for-1, 1 double, 1 RBI ... Jan. 26 at Hawai'i-Hilo first game, bases-loaded triple ... Jan. 25 at Hawai'i-Hilo, playing right field, ran down ball near warning track in key play preserving OSU's combined no-hitter on Opening Day.
2006 (Freshman)
As a freshman, lettered ... 14 multi-hit games, 4 multi-RBI games ... had a hit in 21 of the last 31 games in which he batted ... Jun. 26 vs. North Carolina, 0-for-2, 1 run, 1 RBI as Beavers captured national championship ... Jun. 25 vs. North Carolina, 3-for-4, 1 run ... Jun. 21 vs. Rice, had groundout RBI for insurance run as OSU clinched berth in College World Series championship series ... Jun. 20 vs. Miami, 2-for-5, 1 run ... Jun. 2-Jun. 4 at NCAA Corvallis Regional, in 2 games, batted .500 (4-for-8) with 1 RBI, 2 runs ... May 20-May 21 at Washington State, in 2 games, batted .500 (5-for-10) with 3 RBIs, 4 runs ... May 20 at Washington State, 3-for-5, 1 RBI, 3 runs ... May 6-May 14, 5-game hitting streak; during streak, batted .350 (7-for-20) with 1 double, 4 RBIs, 3 runs ... May 14 at Arizona State, 2-for-5, 1 RBI ... May 6 vs. Washington, 2-for-4, 2 RBIs ... Apr. 30 vs. New Mexico, 3-for-5, 1 RBI, 1 run ... Apr. 27 vs. Cal Poly, 2-for-3, 1 double, 1 run ... Mar. 29-Apr. 23, 6-game hitting streak; during streak, batted .625 (10-for-16) with 5 RBIs, 4 runs, 2 stolen bases; 4 games were ones in which he came off bench ... Apr. 11 at Portland, off bench, 3-for-5, 2 RBIs, 1 run, 1 stolen base ... Apr. 1 vs. Texas-Pan American first game, off bench, delivered 2 run-scoring singles ... Mar. 5 vs. Nevada, 2-for-3, 1 RBI in first career start.
Reno High
Lettered 3 years for coach Pete Savage; batted .407, 10 homers ... as a senior, all-league first team, Most Valuable Player; batted .390, 5 homers ... as a junior, all-state second team, all-league first team; batted .445, 5 homers, 63 runs ... also played football ... 3.82 GPA; National Honor Society.
Personal
Majoring in business ... Born in Reno, Nev. ... Son of Vicki and Mike Wallace ... Has one brother, Glenn, 19 ... Enjoys playing golf, playing XBox and listening to music away from the diamond ... Favorite professional athlete is Barry Bonds ... Biggest athletic thrill to date is winning back-to-back national championships ... Favorite TV show is Entourage ... Favorite movie is 3:10 To Yuma and Boondock Saints.
